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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">chuan xiong cha tiao san</name>
    <name type="chinese">川芎茶調散</name>
    <name type="english">Ligusticum Chuanxiong Powder to be taken with Green Tea</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Wind and stops pain</summary>
      <indication>Headache from an external Wind attack, whether Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat, in any part of the head</indication>
      <indication>Pain can also be confined to a single region, such as the forehead, temples, crown or occiput</indication>
      <indication>Sudden or recurring headache that follows exposure to wind or a change in the weather</indication>
      <indication>Fever and chills, dislike of cold or wind, and body aches</indication>
      <indication>Blocked or stuffy nose, sneezing, and clear or white nasal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness or vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Copious sputum</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a thin white coat; pulse floating</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Upper respiratory tract infection</indication>
      <indication>Common cold</indication>
      <indication>Influenza</indication>
      <indication>Fever</indication>
      <indication>Tension headache</indication>
      <indication>Migraine headache</indication>
      <indication>Neurogenic headache</indication>
      <indication>Post-concussion syndrome and headache</indication>
      <indication>Trigeminal neuralgia</indication>
      <indication>Facial pain</indication>
      <indication>Eye pain</indication>
      <indication>Rhinitis</indication>
      <indication>Acute and chronic sinusitis</indication>
      <indication>Nasal polyps</indication>
      <indication>Dizziness and vertigo</indication>
      <indication>Numbness and paralysis of peripheral nerves</indication>
      <indication>Peripheral neuropathy</indication>
      <indication>Paresthesia</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>bo he</herb>
    <herb>chuan xiong</herb>
    <herb>bai zhi</herb>
    <herb>qiang huo</herb>
    <herb>xi xin</herb>
    <herb>jing jie</herb>
    <herb>fang feng</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
